As I said earlier this week, the girls and I have been making popsicle stick ornaments. The Nativity ornament is one that I pinned a while ago because I thought it was cute and it emphasizes what we believe is the true reason for Christmas. The original post has exact directions on how to make it but we think it's pretty easy to figure out from the photo. Nutty needed a little help with cutting the sticks but other than that, she did it all on her own! She was so excited with the finished product! What have you made from popsicle sticks? … [Read more...]
After The Review–A Holiday Gift Guide
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If you've read our blog for any amount of time, you know that we've done our fair share of product reviews. Companies send us products to try out for a week up to a month and we write our thoughts about them. 99% of the time we write positive reviews because if we don't like a something, we inform the company, and they tell us not to post a review (or sometimes they give us a different product to try). What happens after the review though? Do we still like and use these products months or even years after our initial post? Read on to discover which products we're still in love with. We were not asked by any of these companies to write a follow up review and we have received no compensation for this post. We simply thought it would be fun to share with our readers that yes, we really DO like, and still use, a lot of the products we review. You might consider this our idea of a Holiday Gift Guide :) 1) Urban Halo. We reviewed Urban Halo headbands back when we were just … [Read more...]
Popsicle Stick Snowflake Ornaments
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Christmas is closer than you think. In fact, Lindsi has already started decorating her house! I personally believe in waiting until after Thanksgiving, but Lindsi is a little more zealous than I am. The girls and I did, however, start getting into the Christmas spirit last week by making some ornaments for our tree. The first of many I will be sharing with you is the popsicle stick snowflake ornament. To be honest, we made a few ornaments and I took pictures in the process of making most of them except this one. Nutty made it so fast, I didn't get a chance! To make your own, you'll need: 4 wooden craft sticks (popsicle sticks) wood glue (Elmer's glue will work fine too) blue paint glitter jewels fishing line or ribbon 1) Start by gluing two popsicle sticks in the middle, 90 degrees apart. 2) Repeat with two more popsicle sticks. 3) Glue the two sets together so that they line up with "spokes" 45 degrees apart. 4) When dry, paint and decorate … [Read more...]
VTech® Kid Connect on the InnoTab® 3S #Spon
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If you haven't learned it already, we are big fans of the VTech® InnoTabs®. We've reviewed both the InnoTab® 2S and the InnoTab® 3S. Through those reviews we were given the opportunity to try the VTech Kid Connect app. The InnoTab 3S is the ONLY children’s learning tablet with VTech Kid Connect. What is this app? It is an exclusive app that lets kids and parents send text messages, voice messages, photos/drawings, and stickers between tablet-to-mobile and tablet-to-tablet. It helps parents stay connected to their kids when apart – anytime, anywhere! Though we haven't tried this app outside of our home, it has been great way to cut down the yelling in our house. I've texted the kids upstairs to tell them that dinner is ready rather than yelling at them from the kitchen! It's also been a super fun app for us to just have random fun during the day. My kids can't wait to try it out at a friend's house and I feel ok letting them do it because I know that the VTech Kid … [Read more...]
Baked Brie Bites–Pinned it, Did it!
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I've been eyeing these baked brie bites on Pinterest for a while but haven't really had an excuse to make them until I hosted book club at my house. They were a hit with the book club ladies, hubby, AND my girls! I'll definitely be making these again for our fall gatherings! You'll have to go to the original website for the actual recipe but here's a few things I learned: 1) Phyllo tarts can be hard to find (at least in my store). I found a tiny area in the freezer section. 2) Next time, more brie, definitely more brie! 3) Next time, slightly less brown sugar. What do you think? Would your family like baked brie bites? … [Read more...]
5 Unique Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids
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Thanksgiving is coming up and it's time for crafts for the kids to do relating to the season. While scouring the internet for inspiring ideas, I found 5 Thanksgiving crafts I thought were definitely unique. I thought I'd share them with you: 1. The Q-tip Turkey by Crafts-For-All-Seasons. This little guy is perfect as a simple decoration or a place card holder for your table. It does, however, look like a craft that will require adult assistance. 2. M&M Turkey Favors by The Party Animal. I could not get over how cute these looked! Give them to friends or use them to decorate your Thanksgiving table. 3. Golf Ball Turkey by Craft Klatch. If your family loves golf these are perfect! I've never seen anything like these and thought they were super cute! 4. Mayflower Nut by Cultivated Lives. What a great way to remind our kids that Thanksgiving isn't all about turkeys! These little nut boats … [Read more...]
